Etherwave Theremin Patch

MichaelPeterTrowbridge · Post by **MichaelPeterTrowbridge** » Sun May 04, 2008 11:54 am

Has anyone tried to make a emulation of the Moog Theremin sound?

I'm thinking of faking the theremin on our record, as we all aren't really capable of playing it perfectly;-)

sine · Post by **sine** » Sun May 04, 2008 4:05 pm

One way would be to use the filter in self-oscillation.

Turn Osc 1 and 2 Levels off. Turn Filter Resonance to max. Route LFO triangle to Filter. Right hand controls pitch with the Cutoff knob. Left hand triggers and adds vibrato with the Mod wheel.

Playing in tune would be about as hard as playing a Theremin though.

MichaelPeterTrowbridge · Post by **MichaelPeterTrowbridge** » Mon May 05, 2008 6:58 am

sine wrote:One way would be to use the filter in self-oscillation.

Turn Osc 1 and 2 Levels off. Turn Filter Resonance to max. Route LFO triangle to Filter. Right hand controls pitch with the Cutoff knob. Left hand triggers and adds vibrato with the Mod wheel.

Playing in tune would be about as hard as playing a Theremin though.

Most probably even harder

Khoral · Post by **Khoral** » Thu May 08, 2008 11:50 am

Yeah, the LP knobs are so sensitive

MichaelPeterTrowbridge · Post by **MichaelPeterTrowbridge** » Wed May 14, 2008 6:12 pm

Still hoping to get some help here

moogslob · Post by **moogslob** » Wed May 14, 2008 7:16 pm

use the filter as an osc- it takes practice to play pitches, but it's definitely doable, and sounds very theraminy- use your ear, luke

lovedroid · Post by **lovedroid** » Thu May 15, 2008 7:45 am

Isn't one of the presets called somthing similar to Theremin?
I have edited that slightly and used it in a sort of Theremin-esque style in the outro of our tracks...
Listen here: http://www.last.fm/music/New+Modern+Angels/_/Girl
-Osc1 set to somewhere between saw and tri, iirc. LFO->pitch. I adjusted the glide rate manually while playing in order to make it sound ok.

But, hmm, I'm no "purist" as I wanted it to sound cool rather than exactly like a theremin...

Btw, I used a rather gritty spring reverb plugin, to make it sound "older"...